February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... to move under their own power to other orbits and locations. You’ll therefore see satellite propulsion of small satellites, CubeSats and constellations become a really interesting area. Given that we need to avoid collisions in a better and...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
...our understanding of any world we intend to visit is to return small samples to Earth. Having access to samples will allow scientists in...about small sample return from small lunar landers. One is the growth and maturation of the small satellite market...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... on industry in terms of demand for products because the lifetime of a small satellite is shorter than the big ones. Of course, that does not mean the end of large satellites as they continue to have a market niche. Brazil’s first astronaut, Marcos...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... space applications. Furthermore, the constellations will make use of multiple orbit inclinations to gain global coverage. Small satellites in GEO with shorter lifetimes, coupled with new advances in Software Defined Radio (SDR), allow these...
